挼 ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior 玻璃罩 bō li zhào glass cover / bell glass 玻璃瓶工厂缩短工时公约 玻璃瓶工廠縮短工時公約 Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work in Glass-Bottle Works 瓶塞 píng sāi bottle cork / bottle stopper 热水瓶 熱水瓶 rè shuǐ píng thermos bottle / vacuum bottle / hot water dispenser (appliance) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡 一瓶子不響，半瓶子晃蕩 yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang lit. a full bottle makes no sound / a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 㞎 bǎ (dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit 启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with 玻璃 bō li glass / CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4] / (slang) male homosexual syn 杯子 bēi zi cup / glass / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] syn 琉璃 liú li colored glass / ceramic glaze 茶杯 chá bēi teacup / tea-glass / cup / mug / CL:隻|只[zhi1] 玻璃钢 玻璃鋼 bō li gāng glass-reinforced plastic / fiberglass 放大镜 放大鏡 fàng dà jìng magnifying glass syn 玻璃杯 bō li bēi drinking glass 玻璃纤维 玻璃纖維 bō lí xiān wéi fiberglass / glass fiber 磨砂 mó shā to scrub with an abrasive / to sand / frosted (e.g. glass) 灯罩 燈罩 dēng zhào cover of lamp / lampshade / glass cover of oil lamp syn 钢化玻璃 鋼化玻璃 gāng huà bō li reinforced glass 玻璃管 bō li guǎn glass tube 拔罐 bá guàn cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) 防弹玻璃 防彈玻璃 fáng dàn bō li bulletproof glass 料器 liào qì glassware / colored glass household vessel 磨砂玻璃 mó shā bō li frosted glass syn 毛玻璃 máo bō li frosted glass syn 杯 盃 bēi variant of 杯[bei1] / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup syn 玻 bō glass syn 碴 chá fault / glass fragment / quarrel 表蒙子 錶蒙子 biǎo méng zi watch glass / crystal 不碎玻璃 bù suì bō li shatterproof or safety glass syn 拉制 lā zhì drawing (manufacturing process in which hot metal or glass is stretched) syn 熔浆 熔漿 róng jiāng lava, magma or other molten material (metal, glass etc) 玻片 bō piàn glass slide for medical sample 酌满 酌滿 zhuó mǎn to fill up (a wine glass) to the brim 高球杯 gāo qiú bēi highball glass 玻璃天花板 玻璃天花闆 bō li tiān huā bǎn glass ceiling 槟榔西施 檳榔西施 bīng lang xī shī (Tw) betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a glass-walled roadside booth 小道具 xiǎo dào jù (theater) hand prop (wine glass, pistol etc) 玻璃收集装置 bō lí shōu jí zhuāng zhì glass collection unit 可以退回的玻璃容器 returnable glass container 带壳玻璃塔 帶殼玻璃塔 jacketted glass column / jacketted column 自动平板玻璃工厂工时公约 自動平板玻璃工廠工時公約 Convention for the Regulation of Hours of Work in Automatic Sheet-Glass Works 无形的障碍 無形的障礙 glass ceiling 假眼 jiǎ yǎn artificial eye / glass eye 击鼓传花 擊鼓傳花 jī gǔ chuán huā beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) 玻纤 玻纖 bō xiān fiberglass / glass fiber (abbr. for 玻璃纖維|玻璃纤维[bo1li2 xian1wei2]) 瓶颈 瓶頸 píng jǐng neck of a bottle / (fig.) bottleneck / problem that impedes progress 葫芦 葫蘆 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house 瓶子 píng zi bottle / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 奶瓶 nǎi píng baby's feeding bottle 奶嘴 nǎi zuǐ nipple (on a baby's bottle) / pacifier 药瓶 藥瓶 yào píng medicine bottle 气瓶 氣瓶 qì píng gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving) 瓷瓶 cí píng porcelain bottle 起子 qǐ zi baking soda (used to leaven bread) / screwdriver / bottle opener syn 奶头 奶頭 nǎi tóu nipple / teat (on baby's bottle) syn 守口如瓶 shǒu kǒu rú píng lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom) / tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word syn 开瓶器 開瓶器 kāi píng qì bottle opener 漂流瓶 piāo liú píng message in a bottle 热水袋 熱水袋 rè shuǐ dài hot-water bottle 保温杯 保溫杯 bǎo wēn bēi thermal insulation cup (or bottle) 鼻烟壶 鼻煙壺 bí yān hú snuff bottle 水罐 shuǐ guàn container for holding and pouring water (or other liquid): jug, pitcher, clay jar, jerry can, water bottle etc 吊瓶 diào píng infusion bag or bottle (for an IV) syn 银瓶 銀瓶 yín píng silver bottle 喷壶 噴壺 pēn hú spray bottle 暖水瓶 nuǎn shuǐ píng thermos flask or bottle syn 腰 yāo the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch / pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) syn 栓 shuān bottle stopper / plug / (gun) bolt / (grenade) pin syn 匏 páo bottle gourd / Lagenaria vulgaris 缾 píng vase / bottle / pitcher 只鸡斗酒 隻雞斗酒 zhī jī dǒu jiǔ lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) / fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests 好酒贪杯 好酒貪杯 hǎo jiǔ tān bēi good wine taken in excess (idiom) / fond of the bottle 斗酒只鸡 斗酒隻雞 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) / fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests 壿 zūn goblet / bottle / wine-jar 嗜酒如命 shì jiǔ rú mìng to love wine as one's life (idiom) / fond of the bottle 宽吻海豚 寬吻海豚 kuān wěn hǎi tún bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 宝特瓶 寶特瓶 bǎo tè píng plastic bottle 曲颈瓶 曲頸瓶 qū jǐng píng retort / bottle with curved neck 滴瓶 dī píng (chemistry) dropping bottle 瓶盂 píng yú jar / flask / vase / bottle 瓶领 瓶領 píng lǐng bottle collar 